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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 8341710, member: 85693&quot;]Very interesting thread.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t know about the Flavian issues, but the SC issues for Trajan apparently have been analyzed for metal content - they are &quot;indistinguishable&quot; from sestertii and dupondii struck in Rome.&nbsp; This per a CNG listing:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://cngcoins.com/photos/enlarged/77000920.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>This unusual issue struck at the end of 115 is typically attributed to an eastern mint, usually Antioch. The issue consisted of the as and semis, both with radiate busts, and both struck on orichalcum flans. <b>Metallurgical tests have shown that the orichalcum used is indistinguishable from the orichalcum used for Roman sestertii and dupondii and quite different from the orichalcum used for some provincial issues. </b>This fact, along with the style of the portraiture and legend, and the die axis of 6:00 versus the normal 12:00 die axis for the Antioch mint, suggests that this issue was minted at Rome and shipped to Syria. See the two articles by Metcalf in <i>ANSMN</i> 20 (1975) and 22 (1977), and Carradice and Cowell&#039;s article in <i>NC</i> (1987).&quot; </p><p><a href="https://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=115343" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=115343" rel="nofollow">https://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=115343</a></p><p><br /></p><p>That lovely CNG example went for $1100.00.&nbsp; Here&#039;s my not-so-lovely example (but a lot cheaper!).&nbsp; Mine is so crusty it is impossible to tell what it is made out of, but I assume Rome Mint orichalcum:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1479219[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Trajan&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Orichalcum As</b></p><p><b>(115 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Rome Mint (for Syria)</b></p><p>MP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GERM, radiate, draped bust right / [DAC PA]RTHICO PM TR POT XX COS VI P P: S C in oak-wreath</p><p>RIC 647; Cohen 122.</p><p>(9.10 grams / 24 mm)</p><p>eBay Mar. 2021[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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